It will be the second major cinema gathering, after that of Angoulême (from August 28 to September 2), to be held physically after the deconfinement. This Wednesday morning, the Deauville American Film Festival provided details on its 46th edition, which will be held in the seaside town of Calvados from September 4 to 13. The actress and singer Vanessa Paradis was chosen to chair the jury for the feature film competition "for 1001 reasons", specify the organizers, including "her journey as a generous, responsible and committed woman, her career international with multiple facets ", but also because" his talent and his reputation attract all audiences, including beyond our borders. For the 47-year-old actress, who notably marked the screen with her interpretations in "Noce blanche"(Editor's note: her first role in 1989, at 17) , “La Fille sur le pont” or “L'Arnacœur”, this jury presidency of a major festival will be a first, when she was a member of the jury of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in 2016, and that she presided over the Césars ceremony in 2018.
Films from Cannes and Annecy festivals
If Deauville has not unveiled its selection of films, it confirms that it will host feature films from two other festivals which could not be held physically this year because of health measures to fight the epidemic of Covid- 19: Cannes and Annecy. This unprecedented collaboration will thus allow Deauville to put itself “at the time of the Croisette and the hour of the lake”, and to project unpublished works from the selections of Cannes, the biggest festival in the world, deprived of 73rd edition, and d 'Annecy, the largest international event for the animated film, which offers an online edition from June 15. The assurance, for the public and the festival-goers, to see in the magnificent hall of the CID of Deauville great films which could then only have been shown in virtual fashion.
Finally, Deauville will pay a great tribute to one of the fetish comedians on the boards, Kirk Douglas, who disappeared on February 5 at the age of 103. The actor and director, a sacred monster of American cinema, had come to the festival twice, in 1978 and 1999, and it is his face that will adorn the poster for this 46th edition. Several major films from his long career will be shown and his son, Michael Douglas, hopes to be able to travel to Calvados in September to honor the memory of his father.
